Blacktail Mtns Ba Occurrence

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090944
MRDS ID D010452
Record type Site
Current site name Blacktail Mtns Ba Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.61754, 45.05268 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11.0 MI S OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashbough Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 008W 17 SW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APROX. 1500 FT NW OF CENTER OF IRISHMANS HOLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.61754, 45.05268

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blacktail Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Conover, Jr.
    Home office Dillon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE POD 4 FT X 8 FT EXPOSED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.